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"Watch out for karaoke mishaps that result in a fake engagement...because weddings are forever... When librarian Cecily Jane Allerton and hotshot struggling author Nate Ellis are caught in a compromising position during their MFA program, they decide to get married to keep the haters from destroying their careers. To the horror of Cecily's family, which is a big fan of big white weddings, they elope to City Hall. Now they're back on Block Island,...
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When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus, Georgia--a town so foreign she might as well have landed on the moon. With her husband frequently deployed, Simone is left to find her place in this new world, alone--until she meets the wives. Gorrindo gives us an intimate look into the inner lives of a remarkable group of women and a tender, unflinching portrait of a marriage....
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Two real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse...
1926. Washington, D.C.
The Coast Guard is losing the Prohibition Rum War, but they have a new, secret weapon to crack smuggler codes, intercept traffic, and destroy the rum trade one skiff at a time. That secret weapon is a 5'2" mastermind in heels, who also happens to be a wife and mother: Mrs. Elizebeth Smith Friedman, one half of the husband-and-wife...
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While inventorying the personal collection of a deceased magician in NYC, librarian-turned-sleuth Greer Hogan, determined to solve her husband's murder, finds her investigation has struck a nerve when she's attacked and turns to a magician named Grim to shine a spotlight on a killer before she's next
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This novel is the third in the A Plane Tree in Provence Series. The women have arrive back home ready to assume life for the better.Sarah Stafford, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is a famed artist whose paintings hang in galleries as well as prestigious homes throughout the country. Her days are spent painting at the beach or in her home studio. Although she rarely contributes to housework, preparing meals, or taking care of her teen-age sons, it is a...
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The Doctor's arrived...And his treatment is sizzling!
She's a young college student, set on a scrupulous career as a school teacher. I'm a doctor with a checkered past.
Binge drinking on weekends, sleeping with women I care nothing for, and seeking summers with women I rent, has been my life. Until I saw her face on the club's website.
The Dungeon of Decorum may have found her, but I'd take her as my own. Fighting men who wanted to use her in ways...
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The Love of a Widow' is an emotional, highly entertaining and even educational book by a talented new young Ugandan writer. The book tells the story of a kind lady, Pollah, who tragically lost her family in a terrible accident. This led to her becoming a widow and being lonely and bereft of support in the world. Yet Pollah never gave up trying to find new love, she expressed her new love in helping the children at the school who were once strangers...
48) Jackpot!
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If your mother offered you 8 million dollars to have a baby, would you do it?Jamie Jacobson doesn't have a lot of faith in love, except when it comes to her Jimmy Choo shoes. Her brother Danny has two loves; his barely existent acting career and his ability to pick up women. But life is about to take a wild turn for these two dysfunctional but lovable siblings now that their mother has just won the lottery.Frankie, a longtime widow has wanted grandchildren...
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Ray Shipworth's life plan was clear: marry his girlfriend after serving his country. From boot camp to the unforgiving front line, Ray faces challenges that shatter his worldview and threaten his identity. In this high-stakes arena, he's tested in unexpected ways. Leo Lightfoot, daughter of Ray's cross-country coach, is an outsider yearning for more. Just as she's on the cusp of graduating and starting college, everything she believes to be true is...
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When Laura went to Italy to celebrate her 60th birthday, she was not looking for a man. But there stood Raffaele Balducci, a talented potter, jazz guitarist, father and grandfather. His face was pleasantly wrinkled from many years under the Tuscan sun. He had lively brown eyes and dark wavy hair sprinkled with gray.Their attraction was swift and strong. They were old enough to know how love works.
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A horrible tragedy so close to the heart, sends Dr. Raina O'Roark into a catatonic state. After waking, she has to deal with not the just the aftermath of the pain, but how to continue to look forward to the future. When her depths of souls, eat away at her insides and create new feelings, will she be able to interpret what they mean.When Jim starts to feel useless as her father, his best friend allows him to release himself. Back in action, Alex...
52) The Present
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It's been a month, and Annabelle is trying to pick herself up after a breakup. Cole and Zoey are figuring out how to adapt to life that will no longer be just the two of them. Austin is growing into his own and learning from his past mistakes. Willow is relearning who she is after her life crumbled down around her, and Liam is back in England with his family picking up the pieces he left behind when he left home years ago.
53) DISInformation
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In this epic birdlife tale, the first of the Woody & Sir Humphrey Series, word is out that Woody the Canary is going to lose his feathers.
Just the thought makes poor Woody shiver!
To the rescue comes Woody's closest friend, Sir Humphrey, the Princess Parrot, who vows to find out which bird in their neighbourhood is spreading this nasty rumour.
They fly here and there, but no one is willing to own up as the source of the story - until they...
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A straightforward anecdote about the imminent closure of a care home for the elderly, which had been founded by the indomitable Myra Thorndyke. Old age and its frequent accompanying states of dementia and diminishing ability of judgement, is both sad and humorous at the same time. Myra's difficult, early adulthood, which she had had the strength of character to overcome, was her insurance for the old age of those in her care, and the innocence of...
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A legion of teachers pioneered the story of education in thousands of one-room schools for more than 200 years in Nova Scotia. Benchmark advances from the primitive platforms first employed to educate children were realized through the Education Act of 1855 when, with the government's blessing, Nova Scotia became the first province to provide free education to all children. Marking the occasion, the Provincial Normal School was established. Its mission:...
56) A Year of Change
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.A Year of Change begins in a hillside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand and tells the story of some of the residents over the period of one year. As with any group of people they have their similarities and their differences.Eleanor Chandler, in her eighties, is pompous and a snob. She looks down on the likes of Kay Smith, in her forties, a newcomer to the area and at the bottom of the social, economic ladder with a husband in gaol.Her neighbour,...
57) Yoginis
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Ein Figurenroman in 13 Asanas
Das Yoga-Haus am frühen Montagabend – Zeit für einen besonderen Kurs der Yogalehrerin Dörte. Sie hat ihr Yogastudio gegründet, als sie ihr Leben nach dem Tod ihres Mannes neu aufgestellt hat. Elf Frauen nehmen an ihrem Kurs teil – jede mit ihrem ganz persönlichen Schicksal.
Der Roman erzählt von einem Vierteljahr des Yogakurses, immer an einem Montagabend mit einer Yogini und einer ausgewählten Asana im...
58) Personal Summer
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Ruby and Claire are two best friends "of a certain age", (a description some women use for old enough to be going through menopause). Though unrelated, they are as close as any biological sisters could be. Ruby is divorced, since her husband decided to abandon her after decades of marriage. Claire is widowed after as many years of marriage with her husband. They are neighbors in the small coastal town of Sea Spray, North Carolina, just a ferry...
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Astor Christakos needed a vacation from the reality of being the CEO of a high-powered investment company.
Nova Blankenship had been offered a new job.
That's how they both found themselves at the newest tropical island resort opened by billionaire Galen Dunne: Nova as a hospitality hostess, Astor as an entitled guest who had to have things his way or else.
The practicing Dom hadn't met a suitable Sub in some time, and Nova could use a man's hand...
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"Your true lover of literature is never fastidious."Robert Southey - The DoctorWaiting for somebody or for transportation? Have a little time to spare? Then read this book of short stories and find out about:• The large coed in love with her nerdy professor.• The Englishman at the Dallas airport cocktail lounge.• The professor who causes his manic-depressive student to commit suicide.• The man who advertises in the personal columns and meets...
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